S.Korea begins new trial of ousted president

South Korea’s ousted president Yoon Suk Yeol denied on Friday all charges against him, including those of obstruction, as a new trial started after weeks of boycotting a separate one for masterminding insurrection by leading a failed martial law bid.

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Yoon, 64, appeared noticeably slimmer, with his hair greyer and cropped short after spending more than two months in prison out of public view and having refused to attend trial since early July on health grounds.

"Survival itself is difficult," Yoon told the court in a reference to the small solitary cell where he was held, the Yonhap news agency said.